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Beer: Peroni Nastro Azzurro…

June 13th, 2008 | Category: Drinks

peroni-birra-capThis Italian import is pretty widespread, at least as far as I’ve seen in most of California, but does that make it any good? Well, to me, this beer isn’t exactly what I’d be grabbing for when I’m beer hunting. I don’t know how to explain it, but the flavor reminds me of Italian food….which is perfect since it’s an Italian brew. Although I love Italian food, this beer leaves me with a barely satisfied palate. It’s very light and the aftertaste reminds me of a ’skunky’ beer. The only reason I’m even reviewing this one is that a friend brought over a sixer for us to split a while back and I had one left in the fridge. I’ve actually had these a few times over the course of my drinking career, and although it’s not at all undrinkable, it’s just not a flavor that I look for in a beer.
Verdict: If you’re out at an Italian restaurant and wanting to keep things ‘legit’, go ahead and order one…or if someone offers you them for free, take advantage. Other than that, move over a lane toward the American microbrews at your local grocer.

peace,
~zOnk.oNe
peroni-nastro-azzurro-italian_beer-bottle-2008

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Full Sail Brewing - LTD Series, Recipe Number 1…

June 10th, 2008 | Category: Drinks

Full Sail LTD SeriesMmmm….this is a good beer. If you haven’t yet heard, Full Sail has started brewing a series of beer that have been titled “LTD Series”. Lucky for me, I was keeping my eyes peeled for something new to try and noticed the green Full Sail label that I’d never seen before. Upon closer inspection, I read that they were doing limited runs of different recipes under this new umbrella title of LTD. I liked the idea…and was hoping that I’d like the beer as well. Sure enough, this ‘recipe number: 01′ is well worth the $6.
As for flavor, it’s not a very heavy beer. Being that the warm weather is steadily creeping, that’s definitely a good thing. Hot days/nights don’t seem to jive well with thick, heavy beers for me. This stuff packs a decent alcohol percentage too. At 6.4%, it’s not overwhelming, but it’s well above the low-flavor, macro-brew domestic competition’s average content. This stuff is pretty smooth and has a very mild aftertaste. If I knew more about the fancy labeling of beer flavors, I’d definitely be able to pinpoint what exactly the most dominant flavor in this is, unfortunately, I don’t.
I can recommend this to anyone looking for a good micro that fits in with the Spring/Summer seasons. Unfortunately for us…they’re already serving up recipe number 02. So get these while you can.

*You can find these at Trader Joe’s.

peace,
~zonker
Full Sail LTD Series

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Stone Brewing Co: IPA (India Pale Ale)…

June 02nd, 2008 | Category: Drinks

Stone Brewing India Pale AleFirst of all, I’d like to say that this is not the first round I’ve gone with this specific ale. This is a personal favorite of mine and I can easily recommend this to any beer enthusiast. Also, since this one isn’t too expensive, it’s a great beer to buy when you don’t want to break the bank, but you want a really good microbrew. Price I usually pay is between $3.50-$4.00.
The flavor on this bad boy is great. In my opinion, this is a good IPA to gauge other IPA’s by. Meaning, that the flavor on this is pretty much what I’d call “a traditional IPA blueprint”. It’s smooth, strong (alc. content), and brings plenty of hops to the tastebuds. Also, unlike a lot of the specialty or seasonal IPA’s that many breweries produce, this one is pretty mild….which isn’t a bad thing. I actually like both, but most of the time, I’d have to go for a stronger IPA. Seeing as how I just ate a short time ago though, this goes down nicely and doesn’t give too much of the ‘heavy’ gut feeling that make enjoying one’s beer difficult.
With an alcohol content of 6.9%, this is not your average beer.
To check out more info, check out the Stone Brew site: CLICK
*although my photography is obviously top-notch, the image at their site is a bit better than mine..hehehe.
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